Ryan Short

Companies

Building, not just advising.

I build software around a consistent belief: technology should remove unnecessary work without removing human judgment. These companies are central proof of my ability to identify problems, build products, and take them to market.

AI-powered accessibility operations

Limena
  • AI-assisted interpretation
  • User and organizational impact
  • Prioritization
  • Manual testing
  • Regression testing
  • Evidence and reporting
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Problem

Most organizations treat accessibility as a one-time audit. They receive a list of WCAG issues, fix some of them, and regress on the next release because nothing changed in how they work.

Product

Limena helps teams understand, prioritize, manage, verify, and continuously improve digital accessibility. It pairs automated detection with AI-assisted interpretation and plain-language guidance, so teams make better accessibility decisions and prevent regressions over time.

Founder insight

A report does not improve accessibility. Better decisions do. The product is built to change what teams do next, not to hand them another backlog.

Current stage. In active development and used with early organizations.

AI-powered fundraising operations

Aucti
  • Charity auctions
  • Silent and live bidding
  • Paddle raises
  • Tax receipting
  • AI-assisted event setup
  • Operational workload reduction
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Problem

Charity fundraising events run on a mountain of manual operational work: building the catalogue, writing communications, planning the run of show, issuing tax receipts, and reconciling reports, often on nights and weekends by volunteers.

Product

Aucti reduces that operational load. AI drafts the catalogue, communications, run of show, receipts, and reports, while organizers remain in control of every decision. It supports silent and live bidding, paddle raises, and tax receipting.

Founder insight

Technology should remove unnecessary work without removing human judgment. Aucti keeps organizers in control while quietly doing the work they dread.

Current stage. In active development with charity organizers.

Work with me

Building a product, or deciding whether to?

I advise founders and leadership teams on product strategy, AI, and go-to-market, grounded in the experience of building these companies myself.

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